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26.11.10

4 days with my sister showed me that living your life with a baby and a toddler is fun, but it's also incredibly exhausting. The moment you attend to one the other one will make sure it smashes her head in or falls down the stairs and you need to be Mrs Supercool (which my sister is) to not suffer from a continuous nervous breakdown. But to get her away from it all – at least for a day – I dragged her to London where we raided Zara (which normally is the place I go in and out in 30 seconds, thinking 'boooooring'; but not this time, oh no!) and collapsed in Sketch (which the wonderful Andrea of Robinson Pfeffer recommended as an alternative to my usual tea-after-shopping place).

With its far-out interior design, French waitresses wearing snug rosé jackets, bloomers and red Converses and cute floral teapots Sketch is pretty much the closest you can get to feeling like Alice on mushrooms while nibbling on your Earl Grey or cinnamon macaroons and slurping tea. And when you arrive at the toilets you wonder if there really wasn’t something in your Darjeeling...

Happy Weekend, Darlingas, it being a long one for many, giving Thanks and all! All pictures taken on the iphone.

25 comments:

These photos are oh so Alice in Wonderland actually. My sister is Mrs. Supercool, too. I think I started a reply to you but didn't send it.. first tho to call my sister in the States. Looks lovely and I've never been to Sketch. xox

Bless your heart, taking mamma-sister on a fun, bright, girls' day outing. I know well the strain of running a household with infant and toddler. Alas, I don't have your sister's supercool - I have had more than one nervous breakdown as the neediness, accidents, and messes pile one on top of the other!

Shopping with your sister is the best, isn't it? I have one of those "shopping dates" scheduled with my youngest sis for her bday tomorrow. I'm thinking a little shopping, lunching and sight seeing will be grand!